Horseshoe.



PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

. J. DILLON.

HORSBSHOE.

nrmoumx TILED MAR. 1?. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed March 17, 1906. Serial No. 306,653.

To a, whmn it ntwy concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DILLON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hackensack, in the county of Bergen, State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Horseshoes; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it ap ertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to horseshoes, and has for its object to provide ahorseshoe having a plate of sheet metal or the like secured to its up erside by means of detachable calks and aving secured to its oppositesides plates of rubber or other elastic material, one of the said platescontacting with the under side of the horses hoof to prevent injurythereto and to cushion the impact of the hoof with the road-bed and theother of said plates serving to prevent slipping of the horse whentraveling over my roads.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel construction ofcalk the construc tion being one which may be readily applied to andremoved from a horseshoe and which when in position will effectuallyprevent slipping of the animal.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top lan view of a horseshoeconstructed in accor ance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom planview thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail transverse sectional view through thesame. Fig. 4 is a similar view taken in a line with one of the calks,and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the calks.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 denotes a horseshoe of theordinary construction with the exception that the shoe is provided withthreaded openings 11, the inner edge of the shoe adjacent the saidopenings being bulged, as at 12, to strengthen the shoe.

The numeral 13 designates a plate of sheet metal or other rigid materialwhose outer edge registers with the outer edge of the horseshoe andwhich is secured detachably upon the said shoe by means of calks 14,having each a threaded stem 15 designed for engagement in one of thethreaded openings 11. The faces of the calks which contact with theroad-bed are provided each with a plurality of points or spurs 16, whichare formed by cutting in the said faces of the calks intersectingV-shaped grooves. In order that the calks may be readily applied to andremoved from the shoe, I rovide in the end of the stem 15 of each cal agroove 17 for the rece tion of the end of a screw-driver, as will. ereadily understood. Located upon the opposite side of the plate 13 areplates 18 and 19, of rubber or other elastic material, the plate 18beinglocated' above the plate 13 and the plate 19 being located belowthe same. The plate 18 is recessed in its upper face and adjacent itsrear edge for the reception of the frog of the horses hoof, as will bereadily understood, and the said plate has its outer edge conforming tothe contour of the inner edge of the shoe, as shown in Fig. 2. Theplate. 19 has a plain upper face and a'serrated under face 20, the saidserrations being formed, as in the case of the calks 14, by forming inthe said face a number of intersecting V-shaped grooves. The forwardedge of the plate 19 terminates slightly short of the calks which arelocated at the front of the shoe and the rear corners of the plate arecut away, as at 21, to accommodate the calks at the rear end of theshoe. In practice the plate 13 is provided with a plurality of openings22 and the said elastic plates 18 and 19 after having been placed intheir proper positions upon the opposite sides of the plate 13 aremutually cemented at the said openings 22 in the plate 13.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination with a horseshoe, of a plate detachably secured to saidshoe, and cushionplates secured upon op osite sides ofsaid firstnamedplate, said cus ion-plates being entirely separate and joined by acement bond.

2. In a device of the class described the combination with a horseshoe,of a plate detachably secured to the shoe, said plate being providedwith a plurality of openings, cushion-plates disposed on opposlte sidesof the first-named plate, said cushion-plates being distinct from eachother and having openings registering with openings in the first-namedplate, and a cement bond located in each of the registering openings ofthe first and last named plates whereby the latter are mutuallyconnected.

3. 'In a device of the class described, the combination with ahorseshoe, of a plate detachably secured to said shoe, said plate havingopenings formed therethrough, and mutually-cemented elastic platesdisposed upon the opposite sides of said first-named plates,

said cushion-plates being entirely separate Inent flowed into theopenings to mutually and joined by a cement bond. bond the rubber pads.10 4. In a device of the class described, the In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature combination with a horseshoe, of a plate deinpresence of two witnesses.

5 tachably secured upon said shoe and rubber JOHN DILLON.

pads disposed upon opposite sides of the plate I Witnesses: and providedwith o enings which register GEO. MoCLEARY, with the openings in t eplate, there being ce JOHN J. V. BURKE.

